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Nearly 20,000 Americans applied for Irish citizenship in 2025, while about 9,000 applied for British citizenship, a considerably more difficult and expensive process.

From Salon • May 31, 2026

The measure will be applied for the World Cup and reassessed after the tournament.

From BBC • May 31, 2026

"It's impossible that a law... can be applied in a way that is both flawless and fair" for the industry, she said.

From Barron's • May 31, 2026

He assumed you bought and held a total stock-market index fund for 30-year periods starting in 1926 and paid federal taxes at the rates that applied in each of those years.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

Asked his opinion of what the trial had accomplished, Ellsberg gave an answer that applied to everything he’d done—everything he’d risked—since his decision to begin copying the Pentagon Papers.

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin